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13-letter words containing e, r, c, t, d

  • richard petty — Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
  • riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
  • road accident — a traffic accident involving vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists
  • romantic lead — a person who plays the main character in a romantic film or play
  • ruptured duck — the symbol of an eagle with wings spread appearing in the honorable discharge emblem of the U.S. armed forces.
  • ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
  • sacerdotalism — the system, spirit, or methods of the priesthood.
  • sacerdotalize — to submit (something) to sacerdotalism
  • sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
  • sacred thread — a cord worn by Hindus of the three upper castes as a sign of being twice-born or initiated into the Vedas.
  • sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
  • scarfed joint — a lapped joint between two pieces of timber made by notching or grooving the ends and strapping, bolting, or gluing the two pieces together
  • scatteredness — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
  • sclerodermite — the hard covering of a section or segment of the body of an insect
  • scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
  • script kiddie — a child or teenager who gains illegal access to computer systems, often by using hacking programs downloaded from the internet
  • script reader — playreader.
  • second growth — the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.
  • second nature — an acquired habit or tendency in one's character that is so deeply ingrained as to appear automatic: Neatness is second nature to him.
  • second string — Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game.
  • second-strike — noting, pertaining to, or using nuclear forces capable of withstanding attack and retaliating after an adversary has launched a first strike.
  • seed merchant — someone that collects, packages and sells seeds
  • self-centered — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
  • self-destruct — to destroy itself or oneself: The missile is built so that a malfunction will cause it to self-destruct.
  • self-directed — guided, regulated, or managed: a carefully directed program.
  • semiconductor — a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor: a basic component of various kinds of electronic circuit element (semiconductor device) used in communications, control, and detection technology and in computers.
  • seventh chord — a chord formed by the superposition of three thirds.
  • shaft encoder — A shaft encoder is a sensor for measuring how fast a shaft rotates.
  • ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
  • side entrance — an entrance at the side of a building
  • silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
  • social credit — the doctrine that under capitalism there is an inadequate distribution of purchasing power, for which the remedy lies in governmental control of retail prices and the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
  • spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
  • spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
  • spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
  • standard cell — a primary electric cell, as the Weston cell, that produces an accurately known constant voltage: used in scientific measurements.
  • stare decisis — the doctrine that rules or principles of law on which a court rested a previous decision are authoritative in all future cases in which the facts are substantially the same.
  • steroidogenic — of or pertaining to steroidogenesis
  • stockbreeding — the breeding and raising of livestock for marketing or exhibition.
  • switched-star — denoting or relating to a cable television system in which only one or two programme channels are fed to each subscriber, who can select other channels by remote control of a central switching point
  • talcum powder — a powder made of purified, usually perfumed talc, for toilet purposes.
  • tape recorder — an electrical device for recording or playing back sound, video, or data on magnetic tape.
  • telerecording — the recording of television signals on tape or, more usually, on film
  • telluric acid — a white, toxic, crystalline compound, H 6 TeO 6 , slightly soluble in cold water, soluble in hot water and alkalis: used as an analytical agent.
  • tetrachloride — a chloride containing four atoms of chlorine.
  • the archfiend — the chief of fiends or devils; Satan
  • the decameron — title of collection of stories written in Italian in the early Renaissance by Boccaccio
  • the ediacaran — the Ediacaran period or rock system
  • the ryder cup — the trophy awarded in a professional golfing competition between teams representing Europe and the US
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
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